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Māori-sourced map of the South Island and Rakiura, c.1841

A historical map derived from an unidentified Māori/Kāi Tahu sketch and colonial transcription, evidence of place knowledge and its representation. This predates GIS and is not the Kā Huru Manu atlas.
A historical map derived from an unidentified Māori/Kāi Tahu sketch and colonial transcription, evidence of place knowledge and its representation. This predates GIS and is not the Kā Huru Manu atlas. Credit: Unidentified Ngāi Tahu/Kāi Tahu source of original sketch; Edmund Halswell (c.1841 transcription); Lands and Survey (later lithography); image published by Archives New Zealand

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A historical map derived from an unidentified Māori/Kāi Tahu sketch and colonial transcription, evidence of place knowledge and its representation. This predates GIS and is not the Kā Huru Manu atlas.

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Unidentified Ngāi Tahu/Kāi Tahu source of original sketch; Edmund Halswell (c.1841 transcription); Lands and Survey (later lithography); image published by Archives New Zealand
Image date
c.1841 map; 2015 Commons publication
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File:File:Māori map of the Middle (South) Island and Stewart Island, c.1841 (19532914794).jpg
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3038 × 4609 pixels
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